Coach Tony Seaman of Johns Hopkins was pleased with his team's performance, especially its shooting, which had concerned him the previous two games.

"I was happy with the shooting today," he said. "It's easy to get selfish in games like this, and our guys didn't do that."

The United States limited the Iroquois to two goals in three of the quarters and shut them out in the third quarter while the offense doubled its eight-goal halftime lead.

When the Iroquois were able to clear the ball, Paul Schimoler (first half) and Larry Quinn (Johns Hopkins; Maryland LC) were solid in the goal.

The U.S. team played without Dave Pietramala (Johns Hopkins; Mount Washington) on defense. Asked about the veteran's absence, Seaman said that Pietramala, who sprained his foot in the mud against Australia on Sunday, could have played, but, "We just thought it would be better to give him a full day's rest. He will play tomorrow."

Asked about tomorrow's game against England, which the United States also will face in the semifinals, Seaman said: "We want to keep the flow going and work on our shooting. Whatever happens, we'll play them again, so we'll just go play."

England (2-2) earned its fourth-place seeding and semifinal berth with a 20-1 victory over Japan in yesterday's second game.